Landscaping, chickens outside

The chickens have upgraded to outside! It wasn't really ideal for them to go outside at two weeks of age, but they have filled up the wading pool and were going stir crazy. I transported them in a giant bin and basically dumped them out on the grass. They were pretty upset, but then got really excited when they discovered bugs. They play this awesome game where one finds either a) a bug, or b) something they think is a bug. When this happens they grab it and run away and the entire flock follows trying to steal it away.


You may notice that the chickens are half feathered and thus, pretty ugly. It's normal, they're losing their fuzz and gaining real feathers. It's only ugly on the yellow guys.

They spent the night in the lean-to under the heat lamp. I was really worried about them being outside and it being chilly, but I went out this morning to check on them and they were all up and running around. I went out around 11pm last night to check on them and half were under the lamp and half were balled up together in a corner. I picked them all up and moved them under the lamp. I think the space was so big they didn't realize there was a heat source.

In other news, Roger did some landscaping. He pulled up these ugly wooden pieces of wood and laid down really nice looking rocks. He added topsoil and now the flower beds look really nice!




We also moved out the compost bin Rog built. He's going to attach doors to it tomorrow, so pictures of that will follow!

And lastly, for your entertainment, baby birds trying to sleep but keep being interrupted.